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Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq 
Preamble 
The United States of America and the Republic of Iraq, referred to hereafter as “the 
Parties”: 
Recognizing the importance of: strengthening their [...]

Japan, U.S. to carry out basic review of Korean contingency tactics, focusing on over a dozen items, including selection of airports 
It has been learned that the Japanese and U.S. governments have begun to work on a basic review of the joint tactical plan of the U.S forces and the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) for meeting a [...]

When President-elect Barack Obama and his family take up residence in the White House it means that he will move into every household in America. He will not be just some Black dude that moved in down the street in a predominately White neighborhood and his family will not become the new Cosby Show. The [...]

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Hello BT’ers! I would like to introduce a new blog that deals with life in Japan from an Afro perspective, Loco in Yokohama. Here is a blurb on the writer:
I’m a New Yorker living in Japan…Yokohama is a long way from Brooklyn, and this blog is about that distance. I’m an English teacher and a [...]

Although Japan and the United States have concurred on Japan’s jurisdiction over crimes committed by U.S. military personnel and others stationed in Japan, there exists a document implying that the two countries actually had concluded a secret pact under which Japan waives its jurisdiction over crimes with the exception of major incidents, Shoji Niihara, a [...]

The U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine Ohio made yesterday a port call at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly to allow its 155 crewmembers to rest. This is the first time for a submarine that can carry 150 cruise missiles and can dispatch special-operations troops to enter a Japanese port.
The 18,750-ton Ohio was [...]

I previously blogged about the Japanese Self Defense Force… 

It’s 2008 and Japan has the second strongest military force in Asia, continues to spend 1 percent of its GDP on defense, has acquired some pretty neat military toys (and sells a few using a broad interpretation of “aid”), has redeployed newer fighter aircraft to its base [...]